1. What resulted from the French and Indian War?
Britain paid the war debt by taxing American colonists.
Britain gave Canada to France.
Britain continued to send settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Britain gave Native Americans land in New England.
2. What happened in the Boston Massacre?
American colonists killed five British soldiers and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
American colonists killed five British soldiers during a protest against taxes.
British soldiers killed five people during protests against taxes.
British troops killed five people who tried to throw tea into the Boston Harbor.
3. What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?
to arrest members of the Sons of Liberty
to write fair tax laws for American colonists
to encourage loyalty to the king
to send letters to leaders in other colonies
4. Why was the Second Continental Congress significant?
It formed a Continental Army to fight against Britain.
It set up the first American government.
It arranged the Boston Tea Party.
It formed the Committees of Correspondence.
The Declaration of Independence includes evidence that the British government is harmful to the colonies.
5. Which sentence best expresses that evidence?
"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
"...it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security..."
6. What was significant about colonial leaders choosing to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Responses
They were ignorant because most of them believed Britain was already going to release the colonies from their control in a year.
They were cowardly and were only swayed by the people who overwhelmingly wanted them to sign it.
They were fearful of backlash among the colonists so they took a vote in their state before they signed.
They were courageous despite the possibility of punishment from Britain.
7. The first battle of the American Revolution made colonial fighters realize they could defeat the British.
What was the name of that battle?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of New York
Battle of Saratoga
Siege of Boston
8. What advantage did the British have during the American Revolution?
more efficient in getting supplies to their army
more belief in their cause
more familiarity with the terrain
more soldiers and guns
9. Who led the American soldiers at Valley Forge?
Benjamin Tallmadge
William Howe
Samuel Culper
George Washington
How did American independence affect women?
It guaranteed that women would be protected from mistreatment.
It failed to give women rights or protections.
It gave women rights equal to those of men.
It gave women a larger role in government.